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This is a step in the right direction. I know this is a hugely controversial subject that everyone has their own views on, but what it comes down to for me is simply equal rights. I don't care what two people do in the privacy of their own space. This behavior has absolutely no effect on me or my life, so I really don't care. I do care about discrimination and feel it is intolerable.

If two people want to commit to each other and in conquense the government gives benefits then any two people of legal age should be able to do so. The 'marriage is for producing kids' argument is asanine as infertile couples can marry and even some who can reproduce choose not to do so, yet they get all the same benefits as a married couple that produce spawnlings.

As far as adoption goes, I would so much rather have a child raised by a committed couple regardless of their sexual orientation than end up in a situation where there is abuse, divorce or other problems. There is no guarentee that any couple will stay together, so I think discrimination by the government is unacceptable.

Love should be celebrated, committment should be encouraged, stability rewarded as these things all benefit society. Monogomy reduces domestic abuse and helps prevent the spread of disease. I don't have numbers to back up these claims, I"m sure studies have been done about them.

Honestly I'd love to see the government get out of marriage all togther. Let religions do their services and have the couple register with the government in a completely different prodecure. This way it eliminates the religious arguments as a church that does not wish to marry a couple does not have to, and removes the government involvement that is discrimination. I can completely imagine a situation where I would want to get legally married but not in a church.

Maybe I"m jaded because I'm not in love, but the sheer number of people who get married and divorced flys in the face of all the claims of 'upholding the santicity of marriage'. As long as divorce is legal then there should be no restrictions on who can marry, assuming their consenting adults.